NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register Listed - October 8, 2014 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property Historic name Whitewater Falls Stock Farm Other names/site number KHRI # 015-417 Name of related Multiple Property Listing Historic Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas 2. Location Street & number 433 Falls Road not for publication City or town Towanda vicinity State Kansas Code KS County Butler Code 015 Zip code 67144 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this x nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property x_ meets _ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: national statewide x local Applicable National Register Criteria: x A B x C ___D SEE FILE Signature of certifying official/Title Patrick Zollner, Deputy SHPO Date Kansas State Historical Society State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Whitewater Falls Stock Farm Butler County, Kansas Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Check only one box.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing x private x building(s) 4 buildings public - Local district sites public - State site structures public - Federal structure 2 objects object 6 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) Agriculture: Agricultural outbuilding Work In Progress Agriculture: Animal Facility Domestic: Single Dwelling 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) foundation: Concrete; Stone: limestone Craftsman (residence) walls: Wood: Weatherboard; Brick; Stucco Other: Vernacular Barn with Greek Revival features roof: Wood Shingle; Asphalt other: 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Whitewater Falls Stock Farm Butler County, Kansas Name of Property County and State Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources, if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) Summary The former Whitewater Falls Stock Farm is located along the Whitewater River in the southwest corner of Fairview Township west of El Dorado in Butler County, Kansas. The farm was established in 1884 and, at its peak in the early 20th century, encompassed a few thousand acres in Fairview and Murdock townships. Today, the property consists of an iconic barn built in 1909, a sprawling Craftsman-era residence, and a few outbuildings associated with the farming operation. The Whitewater River passes just to the north of the farmstead. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Elaboration The residence faces south and the yard is partially enclosed with a mortar-laid rock wall along the south and east border near the roadway. The large stock barn (the most prominent building on the property) is situated across the gravel road to the east, about 80 yards away from the house. The barn faces west toward the house. There is a small wood-frame well house east of the house, on the same side of the road. There is another outbuilding of unknown function located immediately northwest (behind) the residence. A concrete sidewalk wraps around the north side of the house extending east to the barn, and also one running south from the house's entrance to the yard's entrance. 1. Residence (1917, contributing building) Latitude/Longitude: 37.831355 / -97.040026 The impressive Craftsman-style house on the Whitewater Falls Stock Farm was designed by El Dorado architect Carl Muck and built in 1917 to replace the former residence, which had burned down. The residence is two stories and is oriented south. The foundation is primarily concrete. The windows are all original, the majority being double-hung wood sashes with multi-pane upper sashes. The first story is clad in a mixture of dark red and brown tapestry bricks. The second story is stucco with half-timbering. The building has wide eaves supported by flared triangular knee braces and exposed rafter tails. There is a single brick chimney generally centered on the home’s roof. The home features a main gable roof with ends facing east and west. There are two large gabled dormers on the south façade and one on the opposite north façade. The home’s dominant exterior feature is a large covered porch supported by massive battered stone columns – nine in all. The porch covers approximately the east two-thirds of the south façade and wraps around to cover the entire east façade. The porch is accessed by three sets of concrete steps, each covered by a gabled porch roof. The primary entrance on the home’s south elevation is defined by a gabled roof with flared eaves supported by groupings of short square wood posts atop the battered stone columns. The exterior wall within the gable is stuccoed with half-timbering and a single, central flared triangular knee brace at the gable peak. A wood pergola once extended west along the south elevation, but it was replaced with a small enclosed greenhouse attached to the main body of the house. This greenhouse was removed in 2014 and the pergola was rebuilt. The portion of the porch on the east façade is covered by two identical gabled roofs – one at each corner of the building. These roofs also have flared eaves, are supported by groupings of short square wood posts, and have a similarly finished exterior wall within the gable – stuccoed with half-timbering and a single, central flared triangular knee 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Whitewater Falls Stock Farm Butler County, Kansas Name of Property County and State brace at the gable peak. A wood pergola extends outward (to the east) from the porch roof at the southeast corner. The entrance is comprised of an extremely wide, 15-light wood door on the south side of the house. On either side of the entrance is a double-hung wood window with multi-pane upper sashes. The sills are cast stone. There are two secondary, double-door entrances on the home’s east-facing wall. The north side of the house includes a one-story square bay with a gabled roof supported by flared triangular knee braces at the gable peak and corners. The bay includes a long, horizontal fixed window with a tall, narrow window on either side. On either side of the bay is a typical double-hung wood window with multi-pane upper sashes. At the west end of this north elevation is an enclosed wood-frame porch off the kitchen. It extends out from the main body of the building and has a shed roof with open eaves and exposed rafter tails. The west (rear) side of the house is comprised of three gables – the main gable roof end from which projects two one-story gabled bays. Centered on this side of the building is a door, with the original doors and screens. On either side of the entrance is a fixed half-window with vertical muntins forming narrow divisions. The north (or left) one-story gable includes a set of three casement windows with vertical muntins forming narrow divisions. The south (or right) gable includes two typical double-hung wood windows with multi-pane upper sashes. The three gables include a stucco finish with half- timbering. Each one-story gable has a single fixed window in the gable. There are two small double- hung windows in the second-story gable. There is a cellar entrance along the wall at the northwest corner. Interior The interior of the house retains the original floor plan, with original quarter-sawn oak floors throughout the majority of the first floor, wood trim, an open stairway leading upstairs to second floor, many built-in cabinets and drawer units, closets, a fireplace, and doors.